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A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...
Family members of both executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Mary "Molly" Elliott, the woman Hoffman was convicted ...
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Jessie Hoffman had been executed by the state. Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was scheduled for execution Tuesday ...
This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott. Hoffman was executed on March 18, 2025. Louisiana has ...
Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at Angola and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Sign up for our ...
As Louisiana prepared its first execution in 15 years, a team of lawyers from Loyola Law were working to save Jessie ...
UPDATE (March 18, 2025 8:51 p.m. E.T.): The state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Tuesday evening with nitrogen gas. The Associated Press reports that, according to Louisiana authorities ...
Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has issued an order stopping the execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman, which was scheduled to take place on March 18. Attorney General Liz ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on March 18, 2025. It will be the first time Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to execute someone incarcerated on the state’s death row.